Sociology Students Build Grave-Site Database for Class

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AUGUSTA -- It was a morbid class assignment, but Tara Jimenez spent a semester crawling through the cemetery anyway.

The Augusta State University senior was enthusiastic about meeting nine classmates at Cedar Grove Cemetery twice a week, despite the location. As a part of their sociology class, the students helped the county with a computerized grave logging and mapping project launched during the summer.

"We've walked this whole place," said Jimenez, pointing to the 35-acre cemetery sprawling around her.

Once the cataloging, mapping and interviewing are complete, the information will be posted on a Web site where relatives and researchers can search the …